State Bar Notes Summer Vacation Accident Rules
Summer travel brings more auto crashes and the column offers practical steps. It urges drivers to stop render aid protect the scene call an officer gather information and witnesses record details including license and measurements and avoid admissions. Seek medical and legal advice promptly and inform the insurance company to preserve rights and comply with the law.
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Department of Public Safety
Sheriff's Dept. Highway Patrol
State Dept. of Public Safety
Texas
Political Calendar for District Judge and Local Offices
A list of local political races including District Judge 145th James Moore and 2nd Judicial J. W. Summers Hosea Edwards for district judge. Sheriff Doug Scott Allen Dotson. Tax Assessor Collector Watters Singletary. Commissioner Precinct 1 Walter Courtney J P Acker Billie Edwards John Butler H F Holcomb Reid Jones Grady Ross Marvin Hataway. Constable Precinct 1 Jewell Parker Russell Jordan. County Attorney Paul Cox. Representative W W Glass. Congress Gilbert Spring John Dowdy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Courtney
J. P. Acker
Billie Edwards
John Butler
H. F. Holcomb
Reid Jones
Grady Ross Marvin Hataway
Chocolate Changes Pudding Into Glamour Dessert
A dessert recipe converts bread pudding into a glossy chocolate treat. It combines bread crumbs, milk, butter, salt, sugar and vanilla with semisweet chocolate, then folds in whipped egg whites and extra chocolate to create a meringue topping before baking. Yield six servings.
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Toll House Inn
Whitman, Maas
Legal caution on interpreting law without counsel
Readers are urged to avoid applying or interpreting any law without a qualified attorney. The disclaimer notes that facts may change how the law applies, affecting outcomes and legal strategy.
SP Railroad Co Wins National Safety Award
Southern Pacific Lines in Texas and Louisiana won the National Safety Council Class B railroad employee safety award for 1955. General manager Er de Waal said the SP ratio of 4.87 percent for 83.5 million man hours topped all U S railroads in the 20 to 50 million man hours group. Similar awards went to the Great Northern Railway and four other lines with fewer man-hours.
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Southern Pacific
Texas
Louisiana
National Safety Council
Er. de Waal
United States
Great Northern Railway Company
Southern Pacific Wins National Safety Council Award
National Safety Council honors Southern Pacific for outstanding safety performance. Mr de Waal credits over 17 000 Texas and Louisiana employees for the achievement. The 1955 award marks the fifth NSC citation for the railroad since 1928 with prior wins in 1945 1947 1952 and top finishes in 1946 and 1953.
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NSC
Southern Pacific
Birth certificates urged for entry to public schools
The State Department of Health calls on parents of children entering public schools for the first time in September to request copies of birth records now. Officials note many are eligible for first grade this fall, and delays could delay school entry if age proof is missing.
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State Department of Health
W. D. Carroll
Carroll
Health Department
Division of Vital Statistics
Birth Records Bureau Aims Quick Service Amid Fall Backlog
The health department reports handling over 60 000 requests last August through October. This year officials offer immediate service for requests received by mid July, requiring child name birth date and place used mother maiden name and father name plus 50 cent fee. Carroll notes ten million records kept since 1903 with local registrars able to help if needed. Do it soon to avoid bottlenecks.
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Health Department
Carroll
Home Remedies from Old Notes
A historical tip lists cleaning hot felts except white using stale rye bread rubbed on the surface. It also advises placing a small charcoal chunk in water to help ivy growth control.
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James Moore
J. W. Summers
Hosea Edwards
Doug Scott Allen Dotson
Watters
Precinct
Jewell Parker Russell Jordan
Paul Cox
W. W. Glass
Congress
Gilbert Spring
John Dowdy
J. C. Williams
Ford Station
Rusk, Texas
SP Railroad Co
National Safety Award
Minute Man
Rusk Jewelers
de Waal
Chapman Drug
Austin
Etta Singletary
East of Agriculture
Annez Rusk
Doug Scott
Cherokee County
Alto, Texas
As Coree
United Gas
Ini
United
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